In a move that tax advisory and financial consulting experts say makes good sense, the international pop star Shakira has deferred most of this year’s concerts, including one in Luxembourg, to fiscal year 2018. The Luxembourg show, scheduled to take place at the Rockhal on Dec. 4, had already been deferred from the third quarter of […]
Entire office required to fake sympathy for colleague only pretending to be sick
BERTRANGE — Two dozen employees of a Luxembourg IT firm have gone through the humiliating process of being obliged to fake sympathy for a colleague who returned to work after nearly a month of pretending to be unwell. The offending colleague, who according to sources looked as if he’d “just come back from a month […]
Slavery in Luxembourg: gas station cashiers forced to offer discounted sweets to every customer
Authorities in the Grand Duchy are investigating several cases of slavery after dozens of residents reported that gas station cashiers appear to be forced to offer promotional chocolate items to every customer. “One week it’s two-for-one Kinder Bueno, and the next it’s 30 percent off a pack of king-sized Twix bars, but the routine never […]
Spike in number of young back-pain sufferers as Luxembourg okays medical cannabis
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Within minutes of Tuesday’s announcement that medical marijuana will soon be legal in the Grand Duchy, tens of thousands of young men and women were suddenly afflicted with terrible back pain. Graphic design intern Christophe Lambert, 21, who last weekend took ninth place in an Ironman competition in France, says that he is […]
Grand Duke finally gets own bus
LUXEMBOURG-VILLE — Saying it’s a “royal shame” that Luxembourg’s reigning monarch still gets around his dominion by using crowded public transport full of commuters, on Friday transportation officials finally granted Grand Duke Henri his own personal bus. The Ducal City Rider 3500 is the latest addition to the VDL fleet of more than 600 […]